77th Field Artillery Battalion77th Field Artillery BattalionConstituted in the Army of the United States 25 February 1943as the 271st Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 1st Calvary Division. The battalion was activated 11 October 1943 at Camp Strathpine, Australia. On 25 March 1949, they were redesignated as the 77th Field Artillery Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army, serving with the First Cavalry Division in Japan and Korea. The battalion was inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan.
Campaign Participation Credit
| Korean War | |
| UN Defensive | 8 July-15 September 1950 |
| UN Offensive | 16 September-2 November 1950 |
| CCF Intervention | 3 November 1950-24 January 1951 |
| First UN Counteroffensive | 25 January-21 April 1951 |
| CCF Spring Offensive | 22 April-8 July 1951 |
| UN Summer-Fall Offensive | 9 July-27 November 1951 |
| Second Korean Winter | 28 November 1951-11 January 195 |
| Third Korean Winter | 15 December 1952-16 February 1953 |
| Korea, Summer 1953 | 1 May-27 July 1953 |
DECORATIONS
Army Presidential Unit
Citation:
21-27 September 1950 (Btry C); DA GO 35-52
Army Presidential Unit Citation:
3-12 October 1951 (Btry C) ; DA GO 74-52
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit
Citation: UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
16 August - 26 September 1950, DA GO 35-51
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit
Citation: WAEGWAN-TAEGU
18 April-11 May 1951, DA GO 20-53
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery
Gold Medal of Greece):
During period of war, Korea, DA GO 2-56
Special thanks to "Old Sarge" for the information on this page while researching his book "The Guns of Korea; U. S Army Field Artillery Battalions in the Korean War"